nincompoop
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[edit] Etymology
Earlier (1676) nicompoop, possibly from Latin non compos mentis, "not of sound mind," although the lack of the second n in the early form and the original meaning of "fop" cast doubt on this origin.
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nincompoop (plural nincompoops)
- A silly or foolish person.
- 1905: Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel [1]
- No wonder that Chauvelin's spies had failed to detect, in the apparently brainless nincompoop, the man whose reckless daring and resourceful ingenuity had baffled the keenest French spies...
- 1905: Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel [1]
[edit] Synonyms
- (foolish person): dunderhead, fop, fool, imbecile
- See also Wikisaurus:fool
[edit] Translations
silly or foolish person
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